My project needs your help (again)

Ok I know you guys don't give code but if you could help me get started with this I would appreciate it.
So awhile back I played on a CC server, I had lan computers tell me there online status on monitors. I didn't make it but I got banned (I left a mining turtle on and it mined in peoples builds), I would love to recreate it. I would also like to display on the monitors what doors are open (I think I know how to do this part), and basically its to tell me what servers (computers) are on and what ones are off in my bases/world. I just need a little bit of help getting it started, I haven't coded for CC in like 1 1/2 years. Its supposed to be a security system.. kinda. so for the telling me what door is open I could just use a tutorial on Youtube which runs a function on redstone input.

I want to also make this program a released program. I think it'd be cool.

So… what was the question?

How can I print statuses of computers on monitors through lan eg: Main Computer - Online Server - Offline

Have your systems communicate using the rednet API. Have your reporting system wrap a monitor and write stuff on it.

Is it easier then Network cables?

Based on your OP, it sounds like you have a bunch of computers in your base doing stuff.


You'd have a single computer, connected to a monitor, which displays their status. If there is a lot of distance, you'll probably want to use wireless modems, since wired modems have a limit of 256 blocks.

The various computers would have to periodically report their status to the 'display' computer (or have the display computer request each of their status' every so often)

Yes I got the original creators help. he recreated it.